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My female Bci is now in blue. She is definitely gravid - no doubt about it - and is somewhere between 105-115 POS (I forgot to write down the actual shed date but somewhere around the 1st full week of January *embarrassed scuffing of feet*. Anyone else ever have a gravid female go into shed prior to birth? She didn't do this the first go around and gave birth at 111 POS (wrote exact dates that time). Any input is appreciated!

Thanks,
Raven

I got one big female(60 Pounds) Columbain that does it to me everyttime. Shell shed a second time about 3 weeks prior, Ive spoken to a couple other people who go through the same thing.I dont really know why I assume it has something to do with size, thats the best guess I can give at it, Best of luck!
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This is the smallest of my adult boas - 6 feet long and *maybe* ten pounds and around 11 years old. I've been expecting her to drop any day now (could just kick myself for not writing down the exact POS shed date). Seeing her in blue just surprised me and I wondered if anyone else had experienced it. I guess we'll see when she actually drops (remaining patient is one of the hardest things! lol). Thanks for the input.

Raven

it's not uncommon for a few females to have an "intermediate" shed after their post ovulation shed & before giving birth. If it happens more with larger females I can't say.
Jason Reese.

but it was my understanding that the 2nd shed was usually somewhere mid-term or within weeks of the actual birth, where my girl should be due in a matter of days. I guess it's just another little quirk to leave me stumped. I'll let ya'll know when she drops and hopefully can borrow a camera to take a few pictures of the event.

Thanks for the input.

Raven

All four of my gravid boas have now shed for the second time since ovulation. First was the POS and within the last couple of weeks everyone has done it again. I read where Jeff Ronne related the late term shed to lower temps and that once he raised his temps he did not have the shed occur. I have always had one or two of my boas go into shed but this is the first year that all gravid boas did. I hope that it is not an problem, but will know more once the babies arrive.
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I hadn't read (or at least remembered reading) that the 2nd shed could be temperature related. I know we've had a cool spell, but thought I'd raised the house temps enough that it wouldn't effect the cages (which are all in my living room). I do hope this doesn't cause a problem. I guess this is just a wait and see episode...and something I'll need to take into consideration when I breed my boas next year. Thanks for the input Hoppy.

Raven